Lost Norwich - Street Names

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Жыл бұрын

Some names have constant themes, others have a more specific history. This video looks at lots of the city's street and how they got their names.

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@janeland9699 Ай бұрын

This is the first video of yours I have seen and what a treat! I moved to Norwich when I married, 58 years ago and was so busy bringing up a family then later coping with health issues, I never had the time to explore Norwich as much as I would have liked. A real touch of nostalgia for me and so welcome on this rainy Sunday morning. Will be forwarding this to my children and grandchildren - thank you so very much!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, that's a very kind comment, and it means a lot.

@XavierQuinn-dx3kt 3 ай бұрын

I've never been to NorwIch John but your excellent videos make me want to pay your fair city a very long overdue visit. I've subscribed to your channel & make sure I watch a video or two of yours every night. Keep it up!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich 3 ай бұрын

That's a very kind comment, thank you, especially as you've never been here. I hope you are able to visit soon, and that you enjoy the city.

@domdombear Жыл бұрын

Saw this crop up and wondered 'how will he deal with Opie street' 😆 Brilliant as always

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

I think the answer was "carefully" 😆

@dereham1 Жыл бұрын

Nicely swerved, but wonder what internet searches some will now be making 😊. By the way, found this name was also used in a Shrewsbury alley - probably in a lot of other towns, too?

@dvdvnr Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Yes, you really avoided, ahem, stroking the pussycat on that one!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@dereham1 I think you're right, it was regularly used in certain locations.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@dvdvnr absolutely!

@kevintracey4644 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating video, thanks John. I genuinely learn a lot about our ‘Fine City’ through your films.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin 👍

@davegoldsmith4020 Жыл бұрын

Another good one John, Think I am going to have to watch this a few times, there is a lot in a name as they say

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, there certainly is!

@mariuszzaborowski Жыл бұрын

This is a very good timing for this video to come out

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

And there are lots of other street names I didn't have time to include.

@mariuszzaborowski Жыл бұрын

After watching few of your videos I always query street names when travelling round Norwich now

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased to hear it!

@theoloyla Жыл бұрын

Yep there was a street in Gt Yarmouth with the same former name as Opie St and it is shown in a map in Yarmouth museum. I grew up in Thorpe Hamlet on Ethel Rd and nearby are Ella Rd, Marion Rd, Getrude Rd, Beatrice Rd and Florence Rd. I was told they were the names of the builder who constructed all the houses there

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Theo for your tactful comment! Yes I believe you're right about those names in Thorpe Hamlet.

@jokennedy2943 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks John

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jo

@stevecampbell9686 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant stuff, thank you John.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, glad you liked it.

@The_Brit_Girls Жыл бұрын

What a great idea for a video! Well done to my partner in crime, Lucy, for suggesting it! This was really fascinating, illuminating, and enjoyable. I loved the time-lapse of the gardens at the end too!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you Lucy, such a good idea. Hope it got somewhere near your high expectations!

@IDreamOfGaming Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic and very informative video.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

@thetruthk5138 Жыл бұрын

Lobster Lane I have always wondered about that strange name thanks for explaining. Thanks John good stuff as always.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad to have solved that mystery for you!

@HauntedandAbandonedNorfolk Жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear of the history of these street names - thanks for sharing 🙂

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you Edward, it's a list that could go on for ages!

@jordanswan3111 Ай бұрын

I once read a book about convicts sent to Australia in the 1800's. One story followed a 'crook' who, once freed, went on to open his own pub in Australia. He called the pub The Rampant Horse! The author (clearly not local) drew no link to this, and the fact the convict's birth location was listed as Norwich... Surely connected somehow - I wonder if he was born, or lived in Rampant Horse Street

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Ай бұрын

Must have been....too much of a coincidence!

@richardball8365 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, as usual, John. From the beginning, I was on tenterhooks wondering whether on not you'd include the early 18th century name for Opie St. 🤭😉

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard - just a subtle reference, so anybody interested can Google it! It's easy enough to find!

@Arhats_Corner Жыл бұрын

Great video! Never realised there was so much history behind some street names!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you found it interesting!

@James47298 Жыл бұрын

Another great vid giving good explanation to some names I've wondered about, Thanks.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

@Polysixchick Жыл бұрын

James Stuart seems to have a lot of things named after him. I found out recently that the Nelson School's swimming pool use to be called the Stuart Central School for Girls but I can't find out any more info about it, I believe it was used to train girl school leavers to work in industry as the building looks like a mini factory. It's just down the road from me

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I believe he may have funded that pool - there's certainly something on facebook that suggests that.

@CanOfRabbitHoles Жыл бұрын

nice handling of opie street ;)

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😉

@simongee8928 Жыл бұрын

Excellent timelapse John on another of your cracking and informative videos. I'm old enough to have been about during the 'upgrades' of the 60s, but as my 'patch' was the Chaplefield Road / Unthank Road / Brunswick Road area, I didn't really notice much of it going on at the time. As a lot of development went on in my patch around that time, any possibility of a video on it sometime - ?

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon. Always happy to take suggestions. I've done one about Chapelfield, and also the old hospital/Jenny Lind. I like the idea of Unthank Road - it may take a few months to get round to it as I have others on the go, but yes I'll do that at some point.

@simongee8928 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Thanks John. Many were the happy hours spent exploring in and among the many derelict and bombed out buildings in the area - ! 😊

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@simongee8928 no health and safety back then!

@simongee8928 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Indeed. Sometimes wonder how we survived with nothing more than scrapes and grazes - ! 😆 But I do believe that we were instinctively more aware of the potential risks then. Same with the many building sites we'd get around. 🤔

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@simongee8928 common sense I guess!

@mariuszzaborowski Жыл бұрын

It is really surprising how many of the streets has only been built, guess last 100 years rapid population growth

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

It seems the "newer" streets were probably to improve transport links.

@geoffpoole483 Жыл бұрын

Some of the origins of the street names are easier to work out than others; Geoffrey Watling Way being a prime example. "Recorder"; I'll have a guess that it's named after a legal official. Theakston's Old Peculier beer is named after a civic official, a "peculier" was a town clerk. A Norwich street with an unusual name that I recently encountered was Damocles Court, near Pottergate.

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Damocles Court - that's an interesting one. I wondered if it might be in an area where sword related names were used, but it's not! One of a kind!

@djashley2002 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Damocles Court is probably named after yet another pub! (The one thing I've learnt since moving to Norwich seventeen years ago is that if a road isn't named after a pub, then it's probably named after something that was also the name of a pub!) As for Recorder Road, I'd agree that it's probably named after the legal official who was either based or lived there sometime in the past (unless Norwich had a history of making musical instruments that no one knows about!).

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@djashley2002 thanks very much. I've just looked up Norwich pubs with Damocles in their name, and can't find one. So it remains a mystery! You and Geoff could be right about Recorder Road. I'm certainly not aware of a history of making musical instruments!

@martinthirkettle599 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video John. I knew that a lot of names came originally from pubs (or churches). I’d forgotten about the Rampant Horse mosaic though. Any thoughts on Timberhill?

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin. Timberhill was a timber market I believe.

@JohanCragsmasher Жыл бұрын

thanks John, love every vid you put up! A road name I have never been able to find out about is Long John Hill in Lakenham- does anybody know who Long John was? I'm presuming not Silver?

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting one, thanks John. Someone might know.

@JohanCragsmasher Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich John I have another question for you- I live on Magdalen Street next to Roys in a gated yard. My address is Magdalen street but there is an old sign proclaiming 'Barnes Yard'- any idea on this one? Many thanks for your videos- what you are doing is such a wonderful service for our fine city!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@JohanCragsmasher thanks very much. Have a look at this website - it gives some info on Barnes Yard www.norwich-yards.co.uk/database/selection_list_2014.asp?name=barnes&Search=Search and this is a photo of Magdalen Street in that area in 1936. georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/M/Magdalen%20St%2077%20to%2085%20[0949]%201936-05-12.jpg

@JohanCragsmasher Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Oh that's marvellous- thank you so much for the resource John! Keep up the good work and thanks for being a great Norwich ambassador- I love seeing a new video from you pop up on my KZfaq!

@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Жыл бұрын

@@JohanCragsmasher thanks John, much appreciated 👍